Captain James E. Daly Elementary

Captain James E. Daly Elementary is one of the medium-sized elementary schools in Germantown, Maryland, run under Montgomery County Public Schools, with 472 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Montgomery County Public Schools comprises 208 schools with combined enrollment of 159,181 students; Captain James E. Daly Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Captain James E. Daly Elementary lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 58% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 28% Black, 6% White, 5% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Captain James E. Daly Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Montgomery County's rate of about 40%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Captain James E. Daly Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 40.1%; actual is 26.9%, a gap of -13.2 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Montgomery County indicate the typical household earns roughly $132,450 per year, about 61% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Montgomery County runs 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students), of which Captain James E. Daly Elementary is one.

Neelsville Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Captain James E. Daly Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 36.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Captain James E. Daly Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 23% since 2018, when it stood at 615 (now 472). Hispanic enrollment moved from 47% to 58% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.